Does anyone else find it interesting that the vast majority of recent weather related disasters (floods, tornadoes, large hail and many hurricanes) seem to take place in the most religious, most Republican states of our country? For weeks now there have been tornadoes going through the south central states, flooding in North Central and Southern states. Hurricanes in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. And how often churches are in the paths of tornadoes. It’s almost like something is aiming, if you happened to believe in that kind of stuff.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The fact that the states most susceptible to tornados and hurricanes have a higher proportion of highly religious people is a correlation, not causality. Of course, there’s also the possibility that since religious people tend to be those with poorer understanding of meteorological processes, perhaps it’s a matter of self defense for them to believe that a deity is protecting them, much like Early Man worshipping the sun. If that’s the case, then it is more sad than interesting that our species has made such little progress in this area.
Azatheist
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May 6, 2019
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Earthquakes in New York - there are no connections between religiosity and weathe events.
Spinliesel
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May 3, 2019
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Minor. Not the recent catastrophic weather hitting the central and southern states. We had tornadoes in Pennsylvania, though they tended to hit in the conservative Reddest parts of the state. And since I don’t believe in god, I am just pointing out the odd coincidence, not saying some magic invisible deity made it happen.
Ohferpetessake...divine intervention? Really?
AnneWimsey
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May 1, 2019
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I am not saying that I in anyway believe that god is reaching down and blasting these self righteous people for being false prophets. In fact, I was pointing out the hypocrisy of their leaders, who love to blame every natural disaster on those of us who don't believe and the so called sinners, people who live their life rather than hiding behind a book of legends. And I have a tendency not to feel real sorry for those who think their god somehow is testing them rather than the fact that weather is a natural phenomenon. Just find the locations of so many of these major storms too big a coincidence to pass up mentioning.
I think the same observation was made by the Christians about certain liberal states...all a bunch of bunk that can be attributed to natural weather patterns and where churches and other buildings are located...
thinktwice
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May 1, 2019
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Actually, that was kind of my point, and the goofball Evangelists got it backwards. They were blaming the hurricane that hit Texas and Louisiana on the Liberal/homosexual/Atheists in the country. But strangely, the hurricane hit two of the most religious dominated, Right Wing, bat-shit crazy heterosexual states and punished them as it were. It would be like blaming your neighbor after you got robbed, even though you were the one running your mouth off around town about how you keep tons of cash in your home. Might want to be a bit more introspective and wonder if maybe your praying to the wrong god.
@Barnie2years ha ha yeah...logic is not exactly a prevalent trait among the devout...
I mean ... I'm not a Republican but California is like perpetually on fire.
Xuande
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Apr 30, 2019
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That is the odd one out! Also why I said the majority and referred to natural disasters. Fires are often man caused.
@Barnie2years The fires in California are weather related and California is a liberal state. So Poopoo on your theory.
@Barnie2years certainly not in Australia during bush fire season. Same deal in Callyforn-I-A I would wager!
OK, so I go back to “the majority of natural disasters.” California had major droughts for several years, along with other parts of the west coast, which set up conditions for fires. Compare that to weather related disasters in states from Nebraska to Texas, through Oklahoma, Missouri and the south eastern states, in recent months. We had 13 tornadoes here in PA last month in one day. But even they were in Trump voting, highly religious areas of the state. And took out a church or two.
They are continually spouting how god is punishing 'merca for various sinful ways. It never occurs to them that god is punishing 'merca for their own transgressions.
jlynn37
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Apr 30, 2019
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That was my thought! They blame the “sinful” ways of the nation, yet they are the most religious oriented. Is that how god works? The country sins, he punishes the believers? Meanwhile the much more Atheistic New England states just have to live with rough winters.
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